Our mission is to promote the use of market mechanisms to facilitate compliance with environmental legislation

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Sustainable Agriculture

Promote and finance the responsible production of agricultural commodities

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Design & Sustainable Wood

Add value to native wood from sustainable community forest management, inserting it in the market of high-end design

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Legal Timber

Promote the trading of legal or certified timber, creating transparency, efficiency, and liquidity to this market

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WoodsApp

Discover our trading app of legal or certified wood, the only timber trading app with an integrated live chat

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Plastic & Solid Waste

Plastic crediting system to promote the collection, recycling or disposal of plastics and other waste materials

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Climate Governance

Raise awareness about climate change and about market mechanisms as a means to reduce emissions

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Multi-stakeholder initiatives

Contribute to multi-stakeholder dialogue and cooperation processes for the agendas of forests, climate, agriculture and solid waste

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ABOUT US

BVRio promotes the use of market mechanisms to facilitate compliance with environmental laws

BVRio (Institute BVRio and BVRio Environmental Exchange) was idealised in conjunction with the business sector, public sector and the third sector, based on the view that market mechanisms are efficient instruments for the execution of environmental public policies and promotion of sustainable development.

Environmental legislation worldwide is increasingly introducing obligations to companies and individuals (waste recycling, forest protection, emission reductions, clean supply chains, etc.). By allowing these obligations to be fulfilled through the use of market mechanisms (tradable credits or quotas), greater efficiency and gains can be obtained by the private sector, individuals, and governments. In turn, this results in a better allocation of resources in the economy in general, and benefits for the environment. As a result, this creates a market for Environmental Assets with several benefits: • greater efficiency in the execution of environmental policies; • lower costs for companies and individuals to fulfil their obligations; • lower costs to governments to implement their environmental policies • sustainable economic development through the implementation of environmental policies (i.e. a green economy)

While originally focused on promoting environmental compliance in Brazil, more recently BVRio expanded its scope and activities to tackle international and global challenges.

SECTORS

BVRio promotes compliance with environmental laws in various sectors

LEGAL TIMBER

We promote the production and trade of Legal and Certified Timber to fight illegal logging

RESPONSIBLE AGRICULTURE

Sustainable agriculture to promote low deforestation supply chains

DESIGN & WOOD

Encourage the use of sustainable timber from community forest entreprises through partnership with famous designers

SOLID WASTE & PLASTICS

Plastic crediting system to promote the collection, recycling or disposal of plastics and other waste materials

INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENTS

Latest News

Are you buying timber from Brazil? BVRio Due Diligence and Risk Assessment (DDRA) system makes it easy and straightforward for you to trace the supply chain of a timber consignment. We help you reduce your risk of buying illegally traded timber and to comply with EUTR and other timber regulations. We also provide a full consultancy service for our clients. We[…]

BVRio, Landscape Indonesia and the Indonesian Forestry Certification Cooperation announce partnership to expand the Responsible Timber Exchange in Indonesia 29 March 2018 – BVRio, Landscape Indonesia and the Indonesian Forestry Certification Cooperation (IFCC) establish a partnership based on the mutual intention of pursuing sustainable forest management in Indonesia. Under the terms of the MoU, the three parties[…]

BVRio, Landscape Indonesia and LEI announce partnership to expand the Responsible Timber Exchange in Indonesia 20 March 2018 – BVRio, Landscape Indonesia and the Indonesian Ecolabelling Institute (LEI) establish a partnership based on the mutual intention of pursuing sustainable forest management in Indonesia. Under the terms of the MoU, the three parties will work together[…]

Rio de Janeiro, 15 March 2018 – Today, BVRio and Imaflora published, with support of the Brazilian Forest Code Observatory, the study “Trading of timber products from community forest enterprises: diagnosis, options and recommendations for the sector“. This study presents a survey of the current situation of community forest management in Brazil in order to identify barriers and opportunities for the sector[…]

This guide is intended to help Chinese buyers of Brazilian forestry and agricultural commodities to verify compliance with the Brazilian Forest Code in their supply chains Beijing, 13 March 2018 – Today, BVRio and CDP launch the Chinese version of the guide “Assessing Compliance with the Forest Code: A Practical Guide”. The publication is intended to help[…]

Connecting sellers and buyers of legal and certified timber products 28 February 2018, Accra – As part of its mission to promote legal and certified timber from tropical countries, BVRio, in collaboration with the Timber Industry Development Division (TIDD) of the Ghana Forestry Commission, today launched the Responsible Timber Trade Fair (www.bvriotradefairs.org) at the 27th[…]

Rio de Janeiro, 15 February 2018 – Climate Finance Lab – a public-private initiative for sustainable investment – has selected a new class of investment vehicles to drive much-needed finance to action on climate change. Out of over 100 ideas submitted into a competitive pool, nine new instruments were selected to tackle persistent investment barriers in clean energy, low-carbon[…]

Rio de Janeiro, 10 January 2018 – Today, BVRio published a practical guide to facilitate conducting Due Diligence of tropical timber products. The guide, who profiles Liberia, follows the publication of a first guide, published in October 2017, profiling Brazil and Ghana. The objective of these series of practical guides is to summarise the main documents that need to be collected, and how to interpret them, in[…]

News Responsible Timber Trade Fair BVRio is organising the Responsible Timber Trade Fair, in Ghana from 28 Feb – 2 March 2018. The Responsible Timber Trade Fair is an event for sourcing legal and certified wood products from the West African region, offering the possibility of meeting with potential trading partners in the region. Leading experts will also give[…]

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AWARDS

We were created in 2011 and have already collected several prizes

Katerva Award 2013 – Sustainability

Category Economy

In 2013, BVRio received the 2013 Katerva prize in the Economy category. The award, created in 2011 by the British organisation Katerva (which in Latin stands for crowd), receives nominations from a network of international experts who choose the best projects from around the world.

R20 – Regions of Climate Action

Climate Action Leader 2014

In October 2014, BVRio was awarded the title of “Climate Action Leader” by the Network of Regions for Climate Action (R20), created by former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Timber Award 2014 – BESC Institute

Best Social Organisation 2014

In recognition of the work carried out in the forestry market, in particular the creation of an environmental asset trading platform, BVRio won the Madeira 2014 award from the Besc Institute of Humanities and Economics, in the Social Organisations category.

The Lab: Driving Sustainable Investment

Selected for development – 2018

The Responsible Commodities Facility (RCF) project was selected by The Lab – Brazil Lab program – for development. RCF aims to provide financial incentives for soy production on existing deforested and degraded land, discouraging the further expansion of agricultural land in the Brazilian Cerrado.